About Project Baki 2:
Who would have guessed PS1 stylized games and surrealism would be such a good mix? The game has absolutely an unique atmosphere due to its surrealistic elements, which is a hard thing to achieve considering the stylized PS1 B-Horror games are getting a bit saturated by now. Both the visuals and sound design make up to be a great fit in the genre without feeling like a complete ” HEY, LOOK AT MY INDIE PS1 COOL GAME, IT’S OLDSCHOOL ” like most of the games of the sort lately. It doesn’t stress out with cheap jump scares or ear-raping sound design but I’m pretty sure 8yo me would have ♥♥♥♥ my pants playing this. Basically, it doesn’t try hard and just feels right. As for criticism, there’s lack of replay value, it’s a short game ( about 60-80 mins ) but has multiple endings. Those multiple endings would add to the replay value but they are seriously so anti climatic that it makes it just not enough ( I’ve finished two of them, I do plan on doing the others but eh who knows when ). The fact the documents language is not region-based also doesn’t help. While being in french gives ’em a charm and the story might be meh anyways, sometimes you’re invested in the atmosphere and curious to know more about characters, the world, etc. I was very disappointed by that. Anyways, it deserves to be played and will be looking foward to new projects from the developer!
